Sabres vs. Predators Odds & Betting Predictions - February 9, 2025

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Really nice price here, and loving the overs in the Nashville games right now. The Predators are horrendous defensively and have been for the last couple of weeks now. Nashville rank 2nd worst over their L10 games, allowing 4.22 goals per game. They used Juuse Saros last night and got lit up for 6 goals by the worst offense in hockey. They are projected to have a backup (Juustus Annunen) in net today. Buffalo isnt much better themselves, they rank 4th worst over the last 10 games allowing 3.44 goals per game. Buffalo's Tage Thompson returns from injury which is huge for goals here. The reason I loved this so much more is BOTH Nashville and Buffalo rank top 10 in goals scored over the last 10 games as well. Buffalo ranking 5th best at 3.44 goals per game and Nashville ranking 8th best at 3.22 goals per game. You can get the push potential on BetRivers with a line of 6 which is super nice, but 6.5 is totally playable as well.

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Nashville has been the biggest disappointment of the NHL season, without a question. After getting destroyed by Chicago 6-2 last night, it seems their floor can’t get much lower. Which is why I’m going to sound insane when I say this is the time to buy low. The Sabres come into this game with four straight regulation wins vs BOS, NAS, NJD, and CBJ. However, over those four wins they’ve scored almost 8 goals above expectation scoring on 18% of their shots at even strength. Certainly finding better ways to score, but this production isn’t sustainable for Buffalo. Especially when they go up against a pissed off Predators team that they just beat last week 4-3. So, Nashville has seen what they can do, but now the location has flipped, which is very favorable for the Preds. Preds are 12-10-3 at home, but 6-18-4 on the road. Buffalo is 13-12 at home, but 9-14-2 on the road. We’re seeing the same goalie matchup as last the Jan 31st matchup of Annunen vs UPL. Good news for the Preds, Annunen is 4-0 at home since being traded from Colorado to Nashville. Plus, Tage Thompson, Dylan Cozens, and UPL all played in their last meeting, but are all game-time decisions for their matchup tonight. If UPL doesn’t start it’ll be Reimer, which would make this price skyrocket. After losing to Buffalo just last week, and getting embarrassed vs Chicago last night, I think this is the best opportunity to buy low on a Preds team that’s played their best hockey at home all year anyway.